Playable Heritage: Creating a Collaborative Framework for Collecting Video Game Culture will be held in edinburgh on 16 September 2026.
Price: Free
Are you interested in exploring the challenges and opportunities of collecting video game heritage in the UK?
National Museums Scotland, National Library of Scotland, National Videogame Museum and Ukie (The Association for UK Interactive Entertainment) are co-hosting a free conference in Edinburgh to develop a roadmap for collecting video game culture across the UK.
With speakers from the heritage and video games sectors and academic researchers, we will explore:
How we collect video games
Who we collect for
How we make them accessible and engaging to a wide range of audiences.
Sector leading speakers will address themes including:
Collecting strategies for video game heritage
Copyright and IPR
Preservation, both analogue and digital
Access, interpretation and community participation.
Come and join the conversation.